Opinion
No. 13-35005
07-22-2014
DAVID H. BLUNT, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CITY OF SALEM, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant - Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 6:12-cv-00788-TC MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
Ann L. Aiken, Chief Judge, Presiding
Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
David H. Blunt appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. §1983 action alleging that defendant demolished his house in violation of federal law. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo and may affirm on any basis supported by the record. Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609, 613 n.1 (9th Cir. 2007). We affirm.
Dismissal of Blunt's action was proper because it is barred by a prior state court decision under the doctrines of claim and issue preclusion. See Dodd v. Hood River County, 136 F.3d 1219, 1224-25 (9th Cir. 1998) (setting forth Oregon's issue preclusion doctrine and explaining that "[f]ederal courts must give state court judgments the same preclusive effect as they would be given by courts of that state"); Dodd v. Hood River County, 59 F.3d 852, 861-62 (9th Cir. 1995) (setting forth Oregon's claim preclusion doctrine).
AFFIRMED.